Summary
The Property Administrator provides administrative and coordination support to Realterm’s Property Management team for the Canadian portfolio. This role supports property documentation, vendor follow-up, tenant communications, invoice and expense processing, travel coordination, and general administrative tasks. The position also provides backup reception support when required.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide general administrative support to Property Managers and the broader Property Management team
- Assist with organizing, maintaining and updating property files, contracts, certificates of insurance, tenant records, tenant correspondence and vendor documentation
- Prepare, track and follow up on vendor purchase orders, contracts, renewal documents, cancellation notices, signature requests and reports
- Coordinate vendor documentation and follow-up, including insurance certificate renewal requests, service-related inquiries and administrative updates
- Prepare and distribute tenant notices, parking letters and other tenant/property-related correspondence
- Maintain building inspection records, reports, utility folders, and other property-related documentation
- Assist with tracking deficiencies, confirming completion of work and completing related administrative follow-up
- Assign parking stickers and access codes, process related monthly charges and respond to routine tenant parking/access requests
- Maintain codification information, property contact lists, emergency contact lists and other reference materials
- Support invoice corrections, invoice coding and invoice entry into Payscan
- Prepare weekly check registers
- Process executive expenses and expense reports, as needed
- Provide backup reception coverage, including greeting visitors, directing calls, and coordinating and receiving deliveries.
- Coordinate travel arrangements for team members, including flights, hotels and conference reservations, as requested
- Provide filing, retrieval, scanning, digital filing and general administrative support
- Perform other administrative tasks and ad hoc projects in support of the Property Management team
Competencies
Accountability
Character, Trust, Integrity
Planning, Decision-Making & Initiative
Development & Learning
Collaboration, Communication & Teamwork
Qualifications
- Strong administrative, organizational and follow-up skills.
- Comfortable working with documents, spreadsheets, invoices, vendor records and routine office systems.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office. Experience with Yardi is an asset but not required.
- Clear verbal and written communication skills and a professional, service-oriented approach.
- Comfortable communicating with tenants, vendors and internal team members in a client-facing environment.
- Strong French communication skills are required. English communication skills are also required for this role, as the position involves regular communication with tenants, vendors and internal stakeholders located outside Quebec.
- Able to manage multiple administrative priorities, follow instructions carefully and ask questions when clarification is needed.
- Detail-oriented, reliable and comfortable supporting a team in a fast-paced office environment.
Education and/or Experience
- High school diploma or equivalent required; college coursework or a diploma in administration, office management, real estate, accounting or a related field is an asset.
- One to two years of administrative, office coordination, property administration, accounting support or related experience preferred.
- Candidates with strong administrative potential and limited direct property management experience will be considered.
Work Environment
The position will work in a general office setting and may require travel, up to 10% of time annually, to remote office and property locations based on organizational/business needs.
Physical Demands
Must be able to remain in a stationary position for most of the workday, sit at a desk and consistently operate a computer. The person in this position must be able to access file cabinets and use standard office equipment. On occasion, they may need to lift boxes of up to 10 lbs.